Ben Shelton and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.36
Pavel Kotov -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-10 | 9-6 | 7-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Ben will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 to Bublik in the 3rd round on the 29th of April.
The American has a compiled 16-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Houston where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 102-52 record. He has a positive 14-11 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 4-6 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 63, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Michelsen 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Michelsen (6-1 6-1). During the match Kotov scored 59 points vs Michelsen’s 34. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov recorded 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pavel Kotov conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 74% of his first serves in, win 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Michelsen 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.
Kotov has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-73 7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-77 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-73 6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-74 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-7(7) 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
